Member of Hamas Political Bureau Mousa Dudeen has called for a mass action to place pressure on the Israeli occupation to ensure the safety of the Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails amid coronavirus fears.

Hundreds of sick Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have been suffering from medical negligence and COVID-19 pandemic comes as a new form of suffering sustained by the detainees, Dodeen added in a press release on Saturday evening.

Amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus in Israeli prisons, Dudeen continued, Palestinian detainees need cleaning supplies and sanitisers, but the Israeli prison service rejects to take precautionary measures against the novel virus. 

“The prisoners’ issue is sensitive to every Palestinian and isn’t subject to any political infighting,” stressed Dodeen.

Dodeed explained that the Palestinian detainees were ready to protest the shortage of cleaning and medical supplies and pile pressure on the Israeli prison service to take precautionary measures against COVID-19.

The Hamas official urged human rights groups and international organisations to activate their role towards the Palestinian detainees and mobilise an international appeal to release them from Israeli prisons.  

The Israeli occupation bears full responsibility for the life of every Palestinian detainee and has to take their wellbeing and health seriously, Dudeen pointed out.

Dudeen called on the Palestinian Authority to step up their efforts for the Palestinian detainees, particularly in international and human rights organisations.